Santiago Cirugeda, La Carpa Post-Nuclear Spider, Sevilla, Spain, 2014
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.
Jack Kerouac, On the Road, 1957
Joan Miró, Painting - Head, 1927
And the cobweb, shall it be eternal?
If the maid does not destroy it, the spider itself will tear it up.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Zahme Xenien VIII, c. 1815 (via reinert)
Salvador Dali, Illustration for Maurice Sandoz's Fantastic Memories, c. 1944 (via haunt)
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Spider Nets, Pakistan, 2010 (via landscapearchitecture)
“When Pakistan experienced severe flooding last year, it had the unexpected and rather creepy-crawly side effect of driving millions upon millions of spiders to the trees, where they could escape the floodwater. Since the flooding lasted for such a long time, many trees became blanketed in thick layers of web.” Read more here.
La Machine, "La Princesse" Spider in City Center, Liverpool, England, 2008 (via BBC)
"The arrival of a giant mechanical spider heralds the starts of what is billed as a magical event for children and adults which will bring the streets of Liverpool to life this September. The £1.8m La Machine has been commissioned by arts company Artichoke and is promised to be a stunning piece of street theatre. Designed by French street arts firm, La Machine, the identity of the creature had been kept a closely guarded secret. The precise nature of what will happen with the spider as it makes its way around Liverpool are still being kept under wraps. The spider was built in Nantes and is 50 feet high weighing 37 tonnes. Made from steel and reclaimed poplar the spider can move at speeds of up to two miles an hour. Using 50 hydraulic axes of movement the spider took a year to build. The technical requirements for the event are immense with 16 cranes being used over the five days along with six forklift trucks and eight cherry pickers. There are 66 French personnel working on the project in Liverpool along with 20 British musicians and a 250 strong technical and support crew. Over the course of five days, the giant spider won the heart of Merseysiders as over a hundred thousand people crowded on to the city's streets to see the giant spider christened La Princesse."